Garment.



M. A. GUINAN.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29,1913.

Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

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' Application filed August 29,3913. -;Seria1. No. 757,327.

0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARGARET ANN GUINAN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Hudson, in the county of Columbia and State of New 'York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garments for feminine wear, particularly to underskirts, and has for its object the provision of a gar ment'of this character which is formed from a single piece of material without the necessity of gores and seams, an which may be quickly and easily applied and adjusted to fit widely different figures or changes in an individual figure, and which will fit snugly and smoothly around the waist and hips, thus avoiding bunching 7 or an undesirable degree of'fullness.

Am importa t, object is to provide a garment of this 0 aracter which s of sufiicient width that when applied to a figure, the

edges will overlap and; form a,double thickness to prevent the wearers limbs from being visible in case a gown of thin material is worn.

Other objects and advantages such as simplicity, e fliciency, durability, ease of applying and removing, economy in manufacture and the general improvement of the art will be brought out in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a figure showing method of attaching my improved skirt, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the skirt applied, and Fig. 3 is a view of the skirt removed and flattened out to show the structure.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body of the skirt which has its upper and lower ends 2 and 3 formed arcuate, as shown, and its side edges 4: and 5 formed straight. The top end 2 may be finished in any desired manner as by stitching on a narrow binding 6. The bottom end 3 may be finished as by stitching on any suitable trimming as for instance the ruflie 7, but the edges 4 and 5 should be bound with tapewhjchis on the straight as opposed to the cloth which is on the bias.

In order to shape the upper portion of the skirt to the wearers waist and hips,a plurality of darts 8 are provided. An addi- .tied around the waist.

tional dart 9 formed on t e line of the hips prevents bagging and sagging of the skirt. t'l -he .skirt'is adapted to be secured upon .the wea'renby means of tapes or strings 10 which are secured upon the upper corners of. the skirt, as shown,and which are to be A' loop 11 is secured .upon the edged at the -hip.line and is adapted-to'be engaged by a tape or string12 also secured upon the skirt .at. the. hip line interen age thehbutton holes in a button hole tapei15 stitched in alinement, therewith ad- Ijac ent the edge 4. At a point some distance above the bottonr end 3 of the skirt and adace'ntthe edge 5 is a second button 16 adaptedto engage the button holes in a button hole tape 17 stitched in alinement therewith upon the skirt adjacent the edge 4.

The skirt is applied by placing it upon -.the figure with the edge-4 in the back, as shown in :Fig. 1, then bringing the edge 5 over the edge 4 so that they'overlap, and

then bringing .the tapes 10 around the waist and tving them in front. The tape 12 may th n--be*passed thrcugh the loop 11, where- -upbn a pull upon the tape 12 will cause the skirt to conform closely to the hips. The button 14 may then be inserted within the 'proper one of the button holes in the tape 15 for securing the skirt snugly upon the figure. The button 16 may then be inserted within a selected one of the button holes in the skirt and also allowing the desired amount of fullness, as shown in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the skirt may fit snugly around the hips while the bottom portion may be either very tight, very full, or have any desired intermediate degree of fullness. The fact that the button 16 and button hole tape 17 are above the bottom end 3 shows that great freedom of movement of the feet may be had even though the skirt may be tight. It will also be noted that the darts 8 and 9 give the skirt the proper curvature at its upper portion to prevent bagging, sagging or bunching.

By having the edges 4- and 5 overlapping suflicient thickness of material is provided for preventing the wearers limbs from be- It willfbe understood that I may use hooks and eyes, snaps, loops or any other" a suitable fastening means in place ofthebilttons'and button holes, and that I may adapt the skirt to have its overlapping' ends at the front or at either side instead of in the back. I I I I I o -i"trade,"the commonstyle of 'underskirt, is

2 formed of a plurality-of gores with a corresponding number of long seams, and such.

A isfwell an underskirtgwill fit oulyafigure'of 8.081?

size, whichnecessitates manufacturers making 'anddealers carry ng in stock a large-number of. sizes, whereas 1 from the drawings and the foregoing vdescription it is apparent that I have :not only rovided an undershirt which fits smoot y and snugly, and-allowsof. freedom of movement,and which may be-adjusted to fit any.

figure, but. also an under-skirt whichrenders itiunnece ssary to manufacture a number of r diiferentsizes and. which "saves the dealers $11G? x ng ofearrying' so large a sto'ck as is' necessarywith the oldzstyle of ilndei'skirt where-theymust be prepared-to meet demands for different sizes; k 7 Having thus describedmy I claim is:

gusting said waist portion mounted thereon,

r-dartsr.- formed at the-waist linefor shaping invention what 1 I -signature in the presence of two witnesses. *f 'lr An aadjlfstable-"underskirt,iformed in oneiece comprisinga waist portion, ahip brtioii and a lower portion, a tape for adthe skirt to the hips of the wearer, adjust- "lower portion of the skirt the desired fullness; said skirt being adapted to be open its length at the back and have its edges overlap when on the wearer.

2. Anadjustable underskirt formed in i- .7 one piece comprising a waist portion, a hip known in the art and to the 3usting said waist portion mounted thereon,

ortion and a lower portion ,a tape for -ad darts formed-at the waist line forshaping the-skirt to the hips of the wearer, a button v ,on one edge of the skirt at approximately ,the hip line, a tape secured at one end. on said line'near said button, a strip having avplurality of button holes therein secured on said line adjacent the opposite edge of said skirt, and a loop secured on said line at said last mentioned edge, a button secured the first mentioned'edgethereof and astrip having a plurality of button holes secured on said lower portion adjacent the-edge opposite to the last mentioned edge and ap proximately on a line withsaid last men- -tioned button;' said buttons being adapted for engagement with selected holes of said strips, respectively.

.In 'testimony whereof I hereto afiix my -MARGARET ANN GUINAN.

to the lowerportion of said skirt adjacent 

